In before UFOJoe. Sorry if this has been posted already - I didn't see it: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/09/combine-numbers-show-clear-difference-between-winston-mariota/ While each has won a Heisman Trophy, when they met on the same field it wasn’t close; Mariota’s Oregon Ducks blew out Winston’s Seminoles. And Winston’s performance included a Garo Yepremian moment that possibly will be repeated at the next level (repeatedly) if Winston doesn’t have the raw athletic ability to compete with defenders who generally and will much stronger and faster and harder hitting than anyone either player faced in college.Off the field, it’s even more of a blowout. Mariota’s record is spotless. Winston has multiple incidents that will create concern for NFL teams — especially in this new era of paid leave whenever a credible allegation of violent crime is made against a player.Instead of turning the page on the past, however, Winston opted to engage in a pre-emptive meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell, reinforcing the impression that Winston falls into the same category as the guys who are required to meet with Goodell in advance of discipline for off-field conduct. Even if the meeting was solely Winston’s idea, his agents arguably should have advised against it. Then again, his representatives are baseball agents with, per NFLPA records, zero active NFL clients between them.
